Archive for October 2003
Oct 30th, 2003
The final session of Phil Wicks' Driving Academy was Saturday, November 15th. It was a whole day of learning and driving with a ton of seat time, and as Chicago Mini Motoring Club members, Phil let us in for only $140.
If you want to know anything else about future events, check out the Midwest Driver site or call Phil directly!
Phil Wicks/Midwest Driver:
midwestdriver.com
racerwicks@aol.com
(314) 330-6449
You can also feel free to email me at Chitown_COOP@hotmail.com
P.S. Phil is planning on having events next year at two tracks that are closer to “our” neighborhood: Putnam Park in Indiana and Blackhawk Farms in Wisconsin. Can't wait 'til Spring!
Oct 30th, 2003
Just a friendly reminder for all those out there that are BMWCCA members as well as CMMC members - Windy City BMWCCA will be holding “AutoCross VI” this Sunday. It will take place this Saturday, November 1st at 8:00 AM at Maywood Park in Maywood Park, IL
Oct 25th, 2003
Thanks everyone for coming out and to Sol at Perfect Power! The drive was great despite the guy in the 911 who swapped ends 
Seriously though it was a fun drive with some spectacular scenery and as many twists and turns as you'll find around Chicago.
Perfect Power portion of the day exceeded all expectations. Sol made us feel quite at home and is provided some fascinating insight into the MINI.
I'll be posting a couple photos probably tomorrow. If anyone has photos they'd like to share please email them to me at gabe@chicagominiclub.com.
Oct 23rd, 2003
Just wanted to remind everyone coming to the tech session to BRING YOUR OWN CHAIR.
Also it looks like we'll be eating lunch at the Silo as we did after the July drive instead of the Cubby Bear.
Oct 18th, 2003
Here's are all the details of our upcoming Fall Drive and Pefect Power Tech Session:
When: October 25th at 8:00 am.
Meeting Point: Plaza de Lago in Wilmette just off of Sheridan Rd. You can see a map of the area here (the red star is our meeting point)
The Plan: We'll be taking Sheridan Rd. all the way up past Lake Bluff (with some small interesting detours) and then over to Pefect Power - local shop that specializes in performance modifications to the new MINI. Once at Perfect Power we will have a MINI tech session where we will spend two hours going over everything about the MINI from regular maintenance to professional modifications. We do ask that everyone bring their own chair for the session. This will be important because if you don't have a chair with you - you'll have to stand
It's also worth nothing that while this drive is for members only but we're happy to have guests along who are interested in joining the Chicago MINI Motoring Club.
Here's a map of our route up Sheridan and then one of our trip over to Perfect Power.
After our tech session those with time are welcome to head over to the Cubby Bear North (on Milwaukee Ave. in Lincolnshire for lunch.
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Oct 8th, 2003
The crowd was giddy, the theatre was vintage, and the film was as good as everyone remembered (for those that had seen it of course). You can't find a better way to celebrate the re-release of the original Italian Job than seeing it on the big screen! Thanks for coming out!
Congrats Matt on wining the Italian Job Collection DVDs!
Oct 6th, 2003
Hope to see everyone there tonight!
For more information and printable directions either see the theatre's website or download the CMMC screening PDF.
Oct 3rd, 2003
Just wanted to remind everyone that the Tire Rack event that was originally scheduled for 10/4 has been pushed back to 10/19. Again this isn't a CMMC event and unfortunately we didn't have any control over it being pushed back.
You can find more info here.
Oct 1st, 2003
If anyone out there is itching to get out on the track, there is an event at GingerMan Raceway in South Haven, Michigan being put on by the Honda S2000 Club that is welcoming any MINIs who are interested. They have generously offered to let us in for the S2KC rate of $135!
Please check out my post on MCO if you are interested by clicking HERE. Hope to see you there!
Oct 1st, 2003
Block off your calendar now. We will be having a drive on October 25th in the Northern Suburbs.
The details are still being worked out, but the drive will culminate at Perfect Power where we'll discuss general car maintenance, aftermarket mods, racing, and have a Q&A session.
Stay tuned for more information.
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